He Will Do It

"May God himself...sanctify you... May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 24 The one who calls you is faithful and he will do it." --I Thess. 5:23-24

When I was new in my faith (and at times even now), I would read passages like this one and only see the words, "keep yourself blameless to the end" and know that I was totally incapable of this in my own strength. I would get discouraged. I would suck up my determination and try as hard as I could to walk blameless, and then fail in some way.

"He will do it"!

I was missing this key.

I would read Isaiah 30:15, "In repentance and striving will you be saved," when in actuality the text states, "In repentance and rest will you be saved."

My part is to turn. His part is to save, and that work is done. My part is to rest--trust, if you will--in that truth to where it becomes my reality in the inmost parts of my being.

"Being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ." --Phil. 1:6

"For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him." --Phil. 2:13

He who started this work in me will complete it.

He who lives in me gives me both the desire and the ability to do what He desires.

He will keep me blameless.


In this truth I can rest, assured. In this truth I am free to live a life empowered by His very life in me.